The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-25 00:00:00

1 . 1 if a pacific result. To-clay a Cabinet Council was held, and the language of the Miniiterial Members in our House was uncommonly warlike. The opi- Dion of the day is WAR. - NEW Ironic, FEB. Look here upon this pic gure."—A late Vice-President of the United Btates tried for treason. The Chief Justice accused by the Executive' of mat-administration of the laws. A Senator under trial for -being a party in the - treason..f The Commander in Chief under trial on a charge"of being a Spanish Pensioner. The writ of Habeas Corpus destroyed. The Civil Magistrate put down; not with impunity alone, but applause, by a Military Cbrnmandet I The Country on the eve of War with Great Britain, with France, and with Spain ! The nation driven to an a& of suicide by the Em b4rgo, passed by a Republican Congress, and to use the mildest reproach, without knowing 'why 'Or wherefore. The nation weighed down With cala mity, and imploring in vain to know the.reasum-u n The ru , hless hand of destrutAion Upon them, and, every one reviled who does not applaud it! They look for reasons, and they are told of co nfi dence ! NA e ask for bre ad and'they give us a stone !--Fiorp . such liberty and such republicanism good Lord ver us `=—New York Evening Post. FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT. ~The Merchants stand idle, in the streets, jpquiring it there is any .news from Washington. they feel the loss. of their business ; thestagnation of com merce, and ask what does all this ttion ? Mechanic is obliged to distriisS his journey men.--hie customers desert him, or call to tell,liint they cannot pay him on account of the embargo. The Farmer finds no market 'for his produce.— His notes given for land will be due in the Spying. /To raise money, his oats, hay, and corn, were to be sold, but nobody will buy. The poor Sailor—generous, honest, and urtstS.;, peeting, lies on his oars. His last shilling is gotte to aid a distressed shipmate, end !here is not a shot • in his locker. Poor fellow—he " wants but little, nor that little long,': but be can't understand why', the ship's aground., , All ll ire exclaiming what do all these things dean ? Congress. have laid an embargo. They have bound their fellow-citizens, hand and foot. They, will not condescend to tell the people their reasons for this measure', so important, so unexpeded, so. pregnant with mischief. PPeople of America--look at your situation—ask lour leaders of both parties why the times are so Changed ? You love your country—you seek her true interest—you will submit patiently to the losses for the good of the public ; but you wish to know what great benefit is to be derived from the etubar-„ . 5.?? Yon ask in vain. All is silence and darkness. You are tommanded by the Administration to sub init. indeed passive obedience and non-resistance is your only.duty., My countrymen—be not deceived. If the em bargo originated in wisdom, it will bear a strid exa mmation.-;-there should be no secrets on a subject so deeply interesting to the prosperity of the people— there can be. no good reasons for silence and dark ness. • Legislators mw applaud. this measure, but the people want something more stibtantial than the ap .plause of hirelings before they acquiesce. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVLS, F. 13. The Bill, making appropriations for carrying into effea certain Indian Treaties, was read a third time, and passed. The House went into Committee of the whole, on the Bill, in further addition to an Ati, entitled, "An Ad to amend the Judicial .System of the IThited States." .lifter ashort debate,. the Ceintnit. tee rose, reported progre-ss, and obtained leave to sit again. Mr. G. W. CAssusma„, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a Bill, making appro. prim:ions far the Support of the Military Establitie merit of the United States, daring the year t 808 readtwlce, sad referred, to a Committee of the whole on Wednesday. Mr. CAstyaeLt. also reported " A Bill to amend an Aa entitled an Aa tee regulate the ColleCtion of Duties on Imports and Tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States by the Treaty of the 30th April 1803, between the , United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes." ..Re#4 twice, and referred to a Committee of the whOle on Wednesday. The House went into Committee of the whole on the Bill making proviiions for extinguishing the ' Debts due from the United States. [This Bill has been before the House for several days, and hai oc casioned considerable debate, but no progress has yet beets made in it. Its objed ,is particularly to satisfy the claims of the old soldiers of the revolu tiouary war,' which are now barred by the Aet of Limitation.] Whil e t hi s Bi ll was under discussion, Messagewas receiv e d f rom t h e P res id ent of . the United States; when the Committee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The Message was then read; it contained a letter from' Mr. LZAR, our Consul at AlgiefS, informing that the differences between this Country and the DRY had been aEnicahly settled.' There were some ()tiler letters accompanying the Message.. They were, on motion of Mr. Quirtcay, referred to the same. Committee -to whom was 'referred the President's Message of the gth inst. on the same ankle& Mi. DAWSON, from the Committee to. whom was referred so much' of the President's Ales Sage xis relates to our military and naval establightribrits , a , Fesentid the following ResiAntion, as a 'Report Itc . it ;part lolyed, That the sum of Atsth lwt: ,part appropriated to enable the President of the United 1, `States to procure by purchase, or by causing the • Nine to be manUfaanred, stand of arms; for' : tbe.use of the United States; to be deposited in' safe, and suitable places." phis Resolution was ordered to be referred to the same CoMtnittee who reported it, for the purpose of bringing in a Bill. Mr. DAWSON offered the following Resolution, Which was ordered to lie on the table :—" that a Committee be appointed 'on the part of this House, jointly. with such Committee as way be . ,np , :t . pointed on the part 'of the Senate, to cobsider and report what further business is necessary to be done. during the present Session, and what time it 81411. be proper for Congress to adjourn:: tiAI At 3 V. Atcrford. D us-2 Dubliii, Wiiteitord. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1808. The Captain and crew of the Portuguese Vessel, who lately made their escape from Flushing (an account of which Will be found in our last page), state, that before they came away. a report was verygenerally circulated, that an Engagenient had tak en place in the Mediterranean,,between the English and-French Sqnadrong, in which the tinnier weie '4feuirious ; but that Sir SIDNEY SMITH was killed. The fortrier , part of this report we mist will prove to be well, founded; with respect to the latter part. of it we entertain no apprehensions of its being true; as Sir SIDNEY %tas at Gibraltar when the last ac- countscathe . away, and his destination was not, We believe, up the Mediterranean: THE disastrous consequence's of the enterpilze entrusted to General \V it itzLocKE, evidently re- suiting from his total Want of the qualities requisite for so important a command, has naturally excited - a strong desire in the Public to know by whose in-• fluence, or recommendation, he. was enabled to obtain a situation upon which the honour and in terest of-the country so much dependedi• and. for to the extreme mortification of the cowl try, be proved himself so entirely unfit. We some aibnths ago stated, that Gen. WHITELOCKE was zeaton patronized by • Mr. WitipaAra, and that we, wen. ourselves fully convinced that . it was owing to the rebommendation of that Gentleman . that the General was 'appointed. This intimation of ours' naturally found its way into most of the public Journals, and we, hay dace particularly at tended to them all, in order to Go'C if any attempt' bad been made to contradi& it, but ttothing has ap-• peared which diredly or'renttotely had any such ten dency. A Morning Paper took up this sUbjeEt 'ypsterday, and has renewed it to-day, with a laudable view of having the matter ,properly ascertained ; but it seems inclined to make a distin&ion between' eigqing.and giifing the appointment. We certainly never meant to say that Mr. WINDHAM alone had the absolute and uncontrouled powei of seleeting any Officer he pleased for this most important , com mand ; but it is to be recolleCted that Mr. WIND.; HAM was, at the time General WHITELOCKE was sent out, Secretary of State for the War Depart ment, and .that the arrangements of the Military part .of tbe.Expedition, of course, belonged to him, That Mr. Wit4Dnitat did interest himself in the sele&ion of the,Officers to be employed in this Ex pedition, as he had a right to do, is perfeetly well known. The appoinhnent of Colonel CRAIMURD to aconintand in it, with local rank, unquestionably arose from the recommendation of Mr. WINDHAM: Since, the failure of the ExPedition, we know it has been insinuated that General WHITHLOCKH was sele&ed for this command by the Commander in Chief. In point of form certainly His Royal High nest 'neminated General WHITELOCKE to the core. mend, as he does every other Officer; but so far from seleuing that General, as a proper persoli to command the Expedition, we have reason to be hove that he distinaly expressed his disappro .,bation of the appointment. We are far from supposing that, when Mr. Wixnukti recommend ed General WHITELOCICE he. did not suppose him to be equal to the command ; but it is probable that the high opinion which he entertained of that Officer's talents was in some degree founded upon the unqualified approbation which the General ca- pressed of Mr. WINDIIAm's Military System. Wa have this day. made copious Extratas from the American'.Papers, which we have received to the 25til ult. Our Readers will see with pleasure that a considerable change has taken place in the disposition of the People Of America. The Embargo laid on by their own Government has already en abled them to form some notions of the. privations they most resolve to submit to If they entered ,into a War ; with th . o. Country. The Orders in Coun cil, which the Opposition Orators and ; Writers, who are, so tremblingly alive to the interests of America, told us must instantly prodtice .a War between the two Countries, have created very little sensation there. Indeed it is obvibus that the Arne . rican GovernMent- expeaed sr much stronger mea sure. With respeEt to the state of the Negotiation, nothing has transpired, and we do not feel ourselves warranted in entering into any speculation upon the subjea. WE, have thin day _Neeived J'imaka Papers to the 7th ult. some Extrglb from which are given in a subsequent Guhunn. t. Yesterday a considerable quantity of woollen, cot ton, and other bale goods, were shipped in ver,, for Boson and New York, ilL r IVRIi . EI,6 CKEf SEiiEArCE, UENF.RAL OkDERS. Horse Guards, March !4, iBO3. At a General Court Martial, of which General the Riglit Hod. SirWl LLIAN MEADOWS, K.B. was Presi- Lilt (held ,by virtue of His Majesty's Special War rant, bearing-date tho,2sth of January; 1808), at ibis Royal HosVtal at Chelsea, on the tbstli of the same Mouth, and continued by adjournments until the tfitb: of March following, Lieutenant-General Joni Witi±F.Locka was tried upon the hollowing Charges„ viz —[The Charges iyive al, early appeared in THE SUN:3 • SENTENCE. . The Court &tartlet' having duly 'cOnsideted the evidence given in support of the Charges, against the Prisoner, Lieu. tenatitXeneral Wit ix s i ocx s; his Defence, and the evidence he has adduced, are of oi a utliuit, that he is Guilty of the whole of the said Charges, with the exception of that part Of the Second Charge which relates to the Order that 4 ‘ the Co'.. tome: should 6e uttlcid..d; lb:21 ,42:/itine sboale? be ',ermined oat aly arcosint." y . • The Court sitelingicatit that It frniy be disthi lly understood;' Thal they atta,heuiceiti t ii-e whateVer to .he precautions taken 16 prevent tuitteessary firing during the advance of the tromps to the piopOied Points of 'attack; and do therefore acqUit Lieutetiaut-Oenerat IV 14 lr st. QV( It of that part ot the said charge. . • - The Colin adjudge, that the Naid LieutHiant-Gencral /ogle be Ca: fired, u r.J ,kel4red e6 , e;i , lv tid 4e, yr nu: iflajcify whatelier. 'Thu King has pleased io confirm the aboie Sentence, and his Royal Highneis the Commander in'Chief has received his Majesty'S Cdnimands to direst, that it sh4ll be read at the head of every Regiment in.his Seryice, and inserted in all Regimen. tal Orderly Books; with a view of its becoming a lasting memorial of the fatal cerisequences to which Officers expose themselves, wlfo, in the discharge of the impOrtant dutieS.tonfided to them, are deficient in that zeal, judgment, and personal exertion, Which their Sovereign and their Country have a right to expea from Officers entrusted with high comrriands. •To His Majesty, Who has ever taken a most Jive. ly interest in. the welfare, the honour, and repu , tation of his Troops; the recent failure in South America has proved a subje& of the most heart felt regret ; but it has been .a great consolation to him, and' His MAJ es re has commanded it to be . i n aluated to theArtny, that after the Most Minute i nveit iotiOn; • -its MAJcs•ry finds ample cause for gratification, iu the intrepidity and good condua . displayed by his Trz)oils lately employed on that ser vicee, and particularly by those divisions of tire Army. which. were personally eng.lged with the Enemy in the town of .Bitenos Ayres, on the 't)th of July, 1807, and his Majesty entertains no dodbt, that had the .exertions of his Troops in South.. America been direaed by the same skill and energy which have so eminently distinguished his Commanders in other quarters of the world, the result of the CUM paign would have proved equally glorious to them selves and beneficial to their Country. By command Of his Royal Highness the COM* rnander in Chief. HARRY CALVERT, Maj. Gen. and Adj. Geo. of the Forces. FALMOUTH, • MARCH .22.,-.Arrived the Ship Croythor, WINTOSIT, froin 111)113iC11, with MIN So days, passage ; Danish Ship . 4fricae, froth* the Coast of Africa, with grim, ivory, and ,gold dust, captured tin the 3d inst. by the Fame Privateer, of Mevagissy ; Swedish Ship Maria Christiana, from Charleston, with timber for Plymouth Dock Yard— Was taken on the.4th inst. in lat 50. 9,i. by the French Privateers La Pylion and San Josef, and re captured on the oth, by his Majesty's Ship Medi ator. The .Nancy, DOV01:4 1 / 4 11, Whyte, FORD, Boston, IiA2II.4NG, and Aligator, ROBIRI N are from Gibral tar, being part of the Fleet, about 45 Sail, under convoy of 1113 'Majesty's Ship Sirius, 36 guns, and Diligence Store-ship; on the 17th inst. in lat. 40. long. 12. two Line of Battle Shies ware discovered, which not answering the signals from the Sirius, she immediately made signal for the Fleet to disperse; the last time these Ships saw them, , the Enemy's Ships were in chase.of.the Frigate and. Store-ship. PLYtioUTIT, MARcii R3.—Arrived the Si/iu. Frigate, of 35 guns, captain Paowsi:, from Malta and Gibraltar; 'sailed from the latter place the 2gth of February, with 38 Sail of Merchantmen under convoy, and an the 17th inst. fell in, to the west ward of Scilly, With two French Frigates, which gave chace to the Convoy, when the Sirius made the Signal for the Ships tddisperse, which was im mediately complied with : 14 Sail of the Convoy are arrived here; the remainder bore away for Ire land, Liverpool, &c. One Brig belonging to the Convoy was seen to he captnred by the Enemy. :Arrived the Triumph, of 74 guns, arAi ,50-pit Ship, from Halifax ; and the Brunswit4 of, 74 , guns, from the Channel Fleet. Arrived the American Brig Osprey, Captain ''CAZNEAU, from Madeira, with wines, bound to London ; also Le Caroline French Sloop, from' Bourdeaux, laden with brandy and wine • and a Firench Chasse Marie (name unknown), laden also With brandy and wine, both captured by the Mi nerva Frigate. PORTSMOUTH ' MARCH; QC—Arrived this day, the Minotaur, of 74 guns, Capt. )41111UTT, from the Fleet off Cadiz, Goshawk Capt. Ixscs, and Sprightly Cutter, LieoLltatit (soaDoN . , from a cruise ; also the Fly Cutter Privateer, Capt. LIND- I Corm Excirxson, Manes{ gs.—Tile 3upp!) , (,f LeY, with an American Ship which she detained off Wheat to-day i, slit)) t, but there i. ow it noel, ;,, Cape St. Vincent's, called the Arirtides, Captain price; Barley and Mali are more iii demand ; 'eco.N.4 Clatooktz, from Alto, in Spain, with Raisins, Le- and Beans are dull of sale Outs at stiott supply, a , :d mons, and Wine. I are fully at last prices ; Flour as b 4E4 r. ~`,~ 4+~141C4. P4PER ...~.1.111111.1111101... KINGSTON', 'JAN, 30. very Itniart shot.k pt earthquake was felt in this city add it:: on Friday rnornitt last ree!:. • • TheVeorrot; 9104 guns; C4t. gaturdayon a craize... , At ameeting of the - Itercliants antl P.lanters, c.ll- Vened at the Court-House on Wedneiday ; it agreed that an-aupFition should be made to Vis.e. Admiral DActtel,requisting him to appoint -d coo • . . voy to sail for Great-Britain on the soth of April - - . . Oracieus - Schentier; of )2. guns, Mr. Mester, arrived the same day. from a cruize. The, /14/fr Brig, of 16, guns, on Thursday morning on acrUize, r The Tweed Sloop . of War t fitMylea B of 18 guns each, Captain, SY I`.l I)7i r aci ur;t. i 4 arrived' the, same-day from a cruiz,e. IKre laiter brought in **her' - the French Piivatter Lzonne i ' pierced for is gun§ but only hiouniio i ; five, and carrying 85 men, captured on Tno.hy Morning last; off Cape. Francois, after it chase of tivk:: hours, during which she threw several of her gnu,,, together with her boats; overboard. She w.ls eight - da:ys from :Barracoa, Wit' had made no rio ture.'i During her former ctuize she took si< scls, which she carried into St. Domingo, ; ma been 'frequently crutzing in and &mut Cow-itay. The .Reindeer, also 6 Tuesday last, off' the .I.r rudas, discovered a Privateer at anchor close iii ..... h the land, which, on being fired upon, r an i.:lllort,', ....• whet) the - my.' abandoned her ac i d effeetmi their escape in her boat there.were supposed to be about .. fifty of them. Captain Douot.si maimed his . boats and took possession of the Privateer, NVllicht:tcy ; !:' ofd', and left her on her way to port ; she tiv , Ltiti,..,l three guns, and is supposed to be Spani,ll fro 1 t h.! colours, arc." found on board of her. She ari i' d A yesterday Ott Port Royal , . . i Reat-Adm. the Hen. Sir Autx. COCHKANI i with the Brlleitle and Ramifies, ,t)t . ,74,,gutis gaeh a f mist the 4ca4la, Lalona, and: , . Vtigati!7o A±ol the Julia Brig, arrived at Barbadoes on the 16 fi instant. Considerable apprehensions Were entertained at Dominica of an attack from Martinique, in coniv- . quence of which .-Sir ALBX/INDIIK. COttiliANE had ordered the Galatea and Ulysses Frigates to be, tioneel off that Island. The Latona and Acasta had been diSpatched from Barbadoes to look out fiat. the French Frigates, which ihad landed troops at Martinique, and afterwel (It escaped. The 4)4ihusti'lfilgate; 'Cutt," Cipt. Sir C.:;11A111.4:g BlifitANE, arrived on Saturday frunt .Curracoa. The Ships Margnr4, TYRER, from Angola find Trinidad, and Hannah. lill, ROGERS, ; INI1) Scotia, both bound to this port, .taken by the k'voodi Imperial Schooners Grand Daidti and Sope,ieure,.. and retakte4 by the Mosier Brig, arri‘c;t the sa:11.; day. The following parncuiars e,f their c. 11,1 re-capture ere copied front the private, Journal .ut Capt. TYRER We' quitted Trinidad on the ist inst, to Kingston, having on board 5. , 17 flue slaves, ad inoculated for the Small-pox, and mostly reuo vered. Shortly after we' fell in with the Soiv Hannah Hill, ROGEES, from Neva Scotia bound to Kingston, and kept company with her. On the 4th, at six A. AL observed two. Schooners in Iho west quarter; at nine A. M. commenced a rotnitp; fight with them, which lasted till ten, and theit carne to an ac=tion within pistol-shot,..which conti nued throe-quartet's of tin hour; when, having one man severely Wounded, the Captain slightly, and three negroes, maintop-gallantotnast, mizen-gtur, cross jack-yard, braces, lifts, sails, and all the wizen timing shut away, the gaff down upon deck, at the same time the Enemy attempting to,board, we found it impossible to continue the nation any longer, without great slaughter, and were forced to strike. The Enemy proved to be the French Na tional Schooners Grand Decidet, of one g and two 12-pounders, and 100 men, Capt, BitOUARD, and. Superieure, of one long lit and two 9-pounders, and too ,men, Captain JACKS (but which is very, surprising, took no part in the atttion, althong within pistol-shot.) The Isle of Vitae then bore N. and by E. distant 30 leagues i and titer Enemy, snifter taking possession of both 'Vessels, hauled their wind, and stood for the harbour of Aquin, in St. Domingo, where we arrived on 11;ei following morning, at in o'clock, when the slaves were immediately taken out of the Margaret, and divided between the two Schooners; after which they proceeded to plunder the Vessels of every they could carry with them, the crew of die Schooners, at the same time, busy in repairing the damages sustained by the Margaret in the atlibit, order to fit her for sea. On the evening of the Gat the Schooners, with them prizes, left . .Aquiti, in order to proceed to St. Jagu de Cuba, but on the Bth they fell in with his Majestyslirig'Jhuaer, Captain ROGERS, Off Cape Tiburon, woen tney set all sail, and left the prizes to shift for .thent. selves, , 'which the Hunter immediately took pi session of." • - The Margaret mounts i 4 guns;- six-and ri]iic pounders, and had at the commencement ut adion only: 21 men. The Schooners' took" . oui her fast mate and ten men, and:put on hoard ut her a prize-master and about 30 men, which were sent on board the 'Huntrr. Captain 'Liam:Aar) llitn,i . - lateti the account of the adion frotn his Journal for , Captain Tvata, which differed very little from his own ; be signed is himself, end tfireded JACKS ASO' , to Stll it, at the 'same time telti:4l Captain Tvaxa to. reeolle& that ,tht:y Privateers, but Schooners of the Eturintott. of tz,e ' wericit: A very gallant exp 4:):,. pert'ortried by the bowl of the Corifitinfe Y EO , in cutting out 3 Privateer fro:t, mo nu ci nj one 24-poundeT, and six t:,..pt,u;:4. , .=4 ., .1, LaviTsg t. rneu an board, and too stand cif anni. Tie fuss at wet, on our side liiisAnen trifling, t tot of tht my is stated to be considerable.. T- HE. SU U.N. 41.11$ °ICU& IALStIid,AO6IIA+